circumscribe
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
draw a line around
He drew a circle around the points
Types & categories
- trace hypernym
Related & opposite
- circumscription derivation
- circumscribe verb group
Sense 2 verb
restrict or confine,
I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- restriction derivation
- circumscription derivation
- limit derivation
- limitation derivation
- limitation derivation
- limitation derivation
Sense 3 verb
to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
Types & categories
- trace hypernym
Related & opposite
- circumscription derivation
- geometry domain topic
- circumscribe verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | circumscription |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | circumscribe |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | trace |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | restriction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | circumscription |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | limit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | limitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | limitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | limitation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | restrict |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | demarcate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | content |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | circumscription |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geometry |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | circumscribe |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | trace |